COMM1890
COMM1890 Screen Narrative - Reading List
Dr Tracey Mollet
t.l.mollet@leeds.ac.uk
Tutor information is taken from the Module Catalogue
Week 2. FILM STRUCTURE
Required Reading:
Batty, C. 2010. ‘The physical and emotional threads of the archetypal hero’s journey.’ Journal of Screenwriting. Vol 1 (2) pp. 291-308.
Batty, C. 2011. ‘Redefining the Hero’s Journey into a New Model of Screenwriting’ in Movies that Move Us: Screenwriting and the Power of the Protagonist’s Journey. London: Palgrave, pp. 81-91.
Week 3. NETFLIX NARRATIVES (AND OTHER STORIES)
Required Reading:
Dunleavy, T. 2017. Complex Serial Drama and Multi-Platform Television. London: Routledge, pp. 1-15.
Baker, Dyomi. 2017. ‘Terms of Excess: Binge-viewing as Epic Viewing in the Netflix era’ in C. Baker and Myc Wiatrowski (eds.) The Age of Netflix: Critical Essays on Streaming Media, Digital Delivery and Instant Access. Jefferson: McFarland, pp. 31-54.
Week 4. GENRE I - PATTERNS OF STORYTELLING IN FILM
Required Reading:
Newcomb, H. 2004. ‘Narrative and Genre,’ in J. Downing et al. (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Media Studies. London: Sage, pp. 413-427 (e-book)
Wee, Valerie. 2006. Resurrecting and Updating the Teen Slasher: The Case of Scream. Journal of Popular Film and Television. Vol 34 (2), pp. 50-61
Laird, Paul R. 2017. Musicals in the Mirror: Enchanted, Self-reflexivity and Disney’s Sudden Boldness, in G. Rodosthenous (ed.) The Disney Musical on Stage and on Screen: Critical Approaches, New York: Bloomsbury, pp. 65-79.
Week 5. GENRE II - PATTERNS OF STORYTELLING IN TELEVISION
Required Reading:
Piper, Helen. 2017. ‘Happy Valley: Compassion, Evil and Exploitation in an Ordinary Trouble Town’ in B. Johnson and D. Forrest. Eds. Social Class and Television Drama in Contemporary Britain. London: Palgrave, pp. 181-200. (e-book)
Week 7. SCREENWRITING THEORY, AUTHORSHIP AND THE ROLE OF MANUALS.
Required Reading:
Macdonald. Ian W. 2013. Screenwriting Poetics and the Screen Idea. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 12-35.
Maras, Stephen. 2009. Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice. London: Wallflower, pp. 9-26 OCR REQUESTED BY LIBRARY (chg 22/10/2020) .
Week 9. SCREENWRITING MASTERCLASS.
Required Viewing:
When Harry Met Sally (1989) Available on Box of Broadcasts.
Week 10. CHARACTER.
Required Viewing:
Breaking Bad. Pilot Episode. (2008)
This list was last updated on 18/08/2021